TODAY'S UPDATES SO FAR- read from bottom up
14:46 Harlow claimed he injured his own fingers by biting them
The jury has heard that Harlow had a habit of biting the skin on his fingers.
During his examination by a pathologist, Harlow claimed the injuries were from "finger-biting. Not nailbiting, but fingerbiting," Mrs Moore tells the jury.
He also gave explanations for bruises on his body and other injuries.
14:37 Harlow had injures all over his body
Jury members are shown a diagram of the injuries found on Harlow's body after his arrest.
Prosecutor Miranda Moore describes "multiple superficial injuries on his face, back, arms, fingers and lower limbs."
14:28 Trial resumes
The jury returns to court after lunch.
The first witness of the afternoon will be a pathlogist who examined Harlow after he was arrested.
13:15 Trial breaks for lunch
The jury is told there will be a break now for lunch until 2.20pm.
13:05 Harlow raised doubts about Beadman's story in police interview
Harlow tells police that Beadman had told Harlow's parents that the scratches to his face were caused on Thursday. He had previously told Harlow he got the scratches at work on Sunday morning.
Harlow told police: "He definitely said he did it Thursday to my mum.
"What reason would he have to lie?"
12:53 Harlow claims he and Kayleigh were kissing and "messing about"
Going back to the Friday night - the first of Kayleigh's two nights in Ibstock - Harlow describes kissing Kayleigh to the police.
He said: "We kissed a bit. Just messed about. I only kissed her mouth twice.
"She was on her phone for ages. We were just sort of chatting. I was happy just lying on the mattress."
12:45 Harlow admits he woke up looking like he had been punched
Having already described Beadman's badly scratched face, Harlow tells the officers he had woken up on Sunday, November 15, to find his glasses were broken and he had an injury to his eye.
He says in the interview: "I can't remember when they broke. They were broken on Sunday morning.
"A mate said 'looks like you've been punched in the face'."
12:43 Harlow tells police he was 'confused' by Kayleigh's disappearance
Harlow tells police he tried phoning Kayleigh and sending her a message on Facebook.
He said: "I was really confused. Even if she had left why would she have gone without her shoes and without her handbag.
"It wasn't long after that I got a message from my sister saying 'the police are looking for you'."
12:38 Harlow claims he asked Beadman where Kayleigh was
Harlow said his first thought was that Kayleigh had gone to Beadman's, leaving her shoes and handbag at his house.
But Beadman denied knowing where she was.
Harlow told police: "I asked him what time he'd left and if he'd seen her. He said 'no'.
"He'd got scratches all over his face."
12:30 Harlow claims he woke up to find Kayleigh and Beadman gone
Harlow tells police in the videoed interview that later on Saturday night he left Kayleigh sleeping on the settee and went to bed, expecting Beadman to let himself out.
He said he awoke early on Sunday morning to find he was alone in the house.
He went to Beadman's house but no one was home. He later got a phone call for Beadman claiming he had left his keys at Harlow's house and gone to his sister's home. When they met Beadman had scratches on his face.
12:21 Harlow claims Kayleigh fell asleep while he and Beadman drank
Harlow tells the officers: "She got on the settee and went to sleep. She was asleep a good couple of hours while me and Stephen were in the kitchen having a few more drinks, just having a chat.
"I put a plastic bowl down in case she was sick. She said her head was spinning."
12:04 Kayleigh "necked vodka" on Saturday night - Harlow
In his police interview Harlow is heard saying that after spending Saturday watching films on television with Kayleigh they started drinking again in the evening.
He said they ran out of fizzy drinks to mix his vodka with and he went to see his neighbour Beadman and they went to the shop together.
Harlow said: "We got back and looked at the vodka and she had obviously necked it straight out the bottle.
"She had necked a considerable amount. Then she was really drunk again."
11:58 Kayleigh and Harlow were drinking together in his house on Friday
On Friday, November 13, two days before her murder, Kayleigh was dropped off by her dad and then met Harlow, he told police.
He said Kayleigh drank a bottle of wine and had some vodka. Harlow told police: "I could see she was quite drunk.
"I was saying to her to put her head down to have an hour's nap."
He said he and Kayleigh later slept fully clothed on a matress on his bedroom floor together.
11:47 Harlow heard admitting chat with Kayleigh was sexual
The video shows Harlow being asked if his online chat with Kayleigh was sexual and he admitted it was. He was asked if he did that a lot with girls on Facebook.
He replied: "It's not something I did that often."
Describing how the first meeting on Friday, November 13, was arranged he said: "It was a mutual feeling - we should meet up, come round mine, she said 'yeah'."
11:39 Harlow describes meeting Kayleigh online
Harlow is heard telling police in the interview that he met Kayleigh on Facebook where his name is "Luke Fun Times Harlow".
He said: "We just started speaking, getting to know each other. I liked her and she liked me."
11:34 Jury watching video of Harlow's first interview with the police
The jury is now watching a video showing the first police interview with Harlow, carried out before he was arrested and when he was just being treated as a witness.
11:29 Female heard screaming "mummy"
Mr Green tells the jury he went to bed with his partner at midnight and later heard a scream.
He said: "All of a sudden I heard a loud scream. It was someone screaming "mummy".
"It sounded like a female. Whoever it was sounded frightened."
He said his partner grabbed hold of his arm and asked him if he had also heard the sound. He then opened the bedroom window and shouted "is there anybody out there" but heard no response.
11:23 First person sworn in to give evidence
The trial's first witness in the witness box has been sworn in.
Sam Green, who lives in a house on the A447 in Ibstock, is giving evidence about the night of November 14, when Kayleigh was allegedly being held against her will at Harlow's home in Geroge Avenue.
11:17 Beadman looked like he had been in a fight
The jury has heard read statements by a couple who saw Beadman at 11am on Sunday, November 15, after he raped and killed Kayleigh.
Beadman was walking on the road near an entrance to Sence Valley Forest Park and had a phone to his ear. He had blood on his face.
One of the witnesses told police: "He looked like he'd been smacked."
11:10 Fourth day of the trial begins
The jury file back into court for today's evidence. Only Luke Harlow, flanked by two security guards, is in the dock today.
Beadman's lawyer announced on Friday that his client did not want to listen to the rest of the prosecution opening.
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